Locating Legal Employment after Third-Year It's not unusual in the current job market to be a third-year student without law firm job prospects by the time graduation rolls around. But don't despair and lose complete faith in your ability to find a position as a third-year student or beyond. Increasingly, many firms, especially the small ones, are waiting until after students take and pass the bar exam to hire new... (15 views)
Second-Year Hiring in Small Law Firms I've talked a lot about how large and medium-sized firms hire students for their summer programs. But your chances of landing a law firm position are much greater in a small firm than in a large firm, simply because more hiring is being done in small firms than in large ones. Usually the stakes aren't as high, and the credential factor, isn't as big an issue with the small... (39 views)
General Legal Job-Hunting Tips No matter what type of legal job you are looking for, or when, the following general tips and guidelines should be kept in mind. (73 views)
Other Public Bodies Apart From Local Government Where You Can Look for Law Jobs Separate from local government there is a range of public bodies that also employ solicitors. These bodies include the Mental Welfare Commission, Equal Opportunities Commission, Race Relations Commission, Scottish Consumer Council, Scottish Child Law Centre and the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureau. As will be obvious from their titles, solicitors appointed... (19 views)
Legal Profession beyond Private Practice When we talk of the legal profession there is a tendency to think mostly of solicitors and perhaps as an afterthought the more specialist roles of advocates or barristers. But there are a whole host of career opportunities available to lawyers beyond the corrals of the solicitor's office or the advocate's chambers. I have touched on some of these already in discussing the... (16 views)
Law Jobs at the Local Government in United Kingdom Local authorities throughout the United Kingdom employ a significant number of solicitors, usually in legal departments or in administrative departments that contain a legal unit. There are also solicitors employed in local government often in high-ranking, managerial posts, whose job is not primarily to give legal advice. However, for the purposes considered here, we are... (15 views)
Traineeships in Scotland Traditionally, vacancies in the job market are made known through adverts in newspapers or relevant professional journals. For those who seek a legal traineeship it is extremely rare to find a job advertised in this way. It is not necessary for law firms to advertise a vacancy as they are inundated annually with requests from law students looking for positions. A few... (389 views)
Legal Careers Other Than Traineeships For students who do not want a traineeship in either the private or public sector, but who are interested in a wider job market, the options for gathering information about what is available and about the prospective employer are slightly different. Careers Fairs vary in their focus but those with a general remit are usually attended by organizations such as the civil... (17 views)
Traineeships in England and Wales The profession in England and Wales is proportionately much larger than that of Scotland and this may explain the more comprehensive range of literature available to students seeking a traineeship there. While gaining work experience or a vacation placement is desirable for the student seeking a traineeship in Scotland, it is virtually mandatory for the student in England... (3 views)
The Legal Profession and Its Job Opportunities The main employment opportunities in the law are to be found in: (39 views)
Law Job Interviews for Women and Employment Barriers They Face Job interviews can be unpleasant because, despite the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidelines about what employers may ask consistent with anti-discrimination laws, some judges and lawyers continue to ask women questions about their marital status and plans for having children. Remarks such as, "You're so pretty; I don't care about your grades" and requests... (111 views)
Career Opportunities in Law Although it may seem quite early to begin to think about employment after law school, many prelaw students ask themselves whether they will find employment after investing thousands of dollars in a legal education. Some students understand that the choice of law schools has an impact on the career choices they ultimately make. The school's reputation, geographic location,... (26 views)
Getting Into a Good Law Firm Any clown can get a job as a lawyer. The goal is to get a good job. It's a complicated process, and it starts early. A summer job provides two things: (1) the name of a real, live law firm on your resume and (2) with any luck at all, an offer of permanent employment from that firm, to commence after taking the bar exam. Even if you didn't take that offer, having it would... (29 views)
Openings for Lawyers at Non-legal Firms Banks, insurance companies, law libraries, legal publishers and judicial clerkships (taking the liberty of defining a career judicial clerkship as an entity) employ a significant number of lawyers. In many instances, the number of lawyers actually employed in various capacities is surprising, even to those used to dealing with the recruiting and interviewing process.... (288 views)
Attorney Openings in the Federal Government Almost every reader will rightly assume that the magnitude and diversity of the federal government's annual hiring program for lawyers are unmatched. As always, the basic questions are how to find and take advantage of the opportunities. Almost all of the techniques discussed herein apply equally well to seeking an attorney's position with the government. As a result of... (47 views)
The Synergistic Legal Job Hunting Success Scenario When you move about in this little world of individuals, keep in mind that a valid informational networking approach is to ask for time or names or information. The people who go around asking simply for a full- time paralegal job will meet fewer people and get less help. If there is a job lying quietly in a firm E, unannounced and unadvertised, just waiting to be... (35 views)
Getting into the Law Firm Any clown can get a job as a lawyer. The goal is to get a good job. It's a complicated process, and it starts early. (49 views)
Searching For Work And Not Found It. Is Starting Your Own Practice The Answer If you want the opportunity to be your own boss and to control your own destiny, solo practice may be for you. However, it is not recommended that you hang out your shingle immediately upon graduation from law school. Instead, you should get some much-needed experience in a law firm before you take that plunge into the vast unknown. You might even want to ease into your... (154 views)
Career-Options In Legal And Non-Legal Sectors And How To Find Them The purpose of this article is to apprise you of the various career options available to you, and to assist you in making an intelligent, informed decision about your particular career path. Please be aware that opportunities exist in the public as well as the private business sectors, and that you might later choose a non-legal profession while still making use of your... (29 views)
Finding Law Firm Employment It is extremely valuable to find a part-time or summer job in a law firm or in some business or profession closely related to law. At one time, such jobs were rare and they were usually obtained through an old-boy network. Favored students would find employment in law firms run by their parents, relatives, or family friends. The old-boy network is still there and it... (30 views)
How Legal Professionals Can Use Documented Skills in Law Job Search This article shows you how to strengthen your law job search, drawing on the evidence you have collected of new skills and knowledge. First, you will be shown how to conduct a postinternship career review- deciding what direction to take, which skills to emphasize, and how to use your professional network wisely. Second, you will learn how to create an outstanding resume... (31 views)
Conventional & Unconventional Ways Of Getting A Legal Job There are many people who aspire for a legal job, especially those students who have completed law school, but don’t really know how to go about it. Well, jobs are available for those who know where to look and how to get them. This article will apprise the serious job applicant about realizing his employment goals and help in landing the coveted legal job. (223 views)
How to Get Feel of Government Agency Legal Job Let us discuss the scenario if you want to seek a legal opening in a governmental agency. You must see how you would be able to fit into the scheme of practice. Keeping this in view some important questions (principally for the Third Year student) are designed for you to get a better feel of for a governmental agency. Here are the questions: (12 views)
Know Your Position on the Corporate Law Department When you are interviewing the corporate law department you should know what would be your position the line-up of lawyers and how that will affect your career growth. If you are continually competing with experienced lawyers, you will have to face tough going. In order to help you choose a law firm that offers you congenial environs some important questions (principally... (46 views)
Legal Job and Legal Advice Here are some suggestions for how you can continue the process of finding a satisfying career in the law or elsewhere: (30 views)
How to Give a Real Argument to a Judge While there are a sizable number of law school graduates who are struggling to find any job, another group has trouble choosing among all the choices open to them. Those in the latter group have collected a number of "merit badges," displayed on their resumes like the medals on a general's chest. These badges consist of degrees from prestigious universities, memberships in... (23 views)
Choose the Legal Job That You Want There is as much variety among corporate legal staffs as there is among private law firms. Some corporations have only one legal employee-the general counsel. Others have huge, far-flung departments. Personalities among corporate legal staffs also vary. Some are intense. Others are laid-back. Some are dominated by powerful individuals. Others operate on a team concept.... (9 views)
Openings for Lawyers Each of the entities like banks, insurance companies, law libraries, legal publishers and judicial clerkships (taking the liberty of defining a career judicial clerkship as an entity) employ a significant number of lawyers. In many instances, the number of lawyers actually employed in various capacities is surprising, even to those used to dealing with the recruiting and... (18 views)
Ho to Get Jobs in Private Law Firms The Law School Placement Process: To this point, the purpose is to survey generally those considerations which will allow you to take maximum advantage of obvious job opportunities. There are, however, ways to identify or create additional job prospects and, in the process, further refine your abilities to take advantage of the situations that you want to pursue. (73 views)